Omaezaki — The gravity of a negative result on Friday against Italy perhaps makes the Springboks’ choice of hotel ideal this week.

They have left Nagoya‚ the third-largest urban conglomeration in Japan‚ for the tranquil rural surrounds of Shizuoka prefecture and have checked into a hotel where the carpets are as thick as the corridors are wide...

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